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Janet en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/
• /d͡ʒæˈnɛt/ (Hong-Kong)

Etymology

From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.

Meanings

1. A female given name.
   • Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet, And there ye'll see ye'r bonny fell, my jo Janet. 1733, Allan Ramsay, “My Jo Janet”, in The Tea-Table Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scots Songs:
   • When stay-at-home orders kept Jeff and Janet Ralli from looking at a home in the neighborhood they had their eye on in Ocean County, New Jersey, they forged ahead online. 2020 June 26, Anna Bahney, “These people bought homes without ever stepping inside”, in CNN Business:
   • Alice decided to have lots and lots of children and all of them with lovely names like Amanda-Jane and Arabella and Dominic and Ganymede. "But too many children will be expensive," Flora said. "I'm having two and mine aren't called such silly names as yours. Mine are called Andrew and Janet." "All right," Alice said, who was by nature accommodating. "Those are nice names, Flora." 1990, Barbara Trapido, Temples of Delight, page 50:
2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
3. (US, slang) A highly classified fleet of passenger aircraft used to transport the military and contractors.

Forms

Deriveds

Janetian

Descendants

Sioned